Example sentences of "until [noun] come [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | My mother thought about this for a moment until comprehension came to her , whereupon she changed the subject out of deference to my youth and inexperience . |
2 | In the Soviet Union executive power was virtually supreme until Gorbachev came into office . |
3 | The best brains and resources had gone into military research and development until Gorbachev came to power . |
4 | The strategic deterrent will continue to be provided by the Polaris force until Trident comes into service from the mid-1990s . |
5 | Until peace comes to the Gulf , it will remain a society struggling to survive . |
6 | When they leave , Elaine has no professional support until Sylvia comes in the morning . |
7 | And she laughed until tears came to her eyes . |
8 | Meanwhile , at Erfurt , many of the princes and the archbishops of Mecklenburg and Salzburg and the bishops of Merseburg , Worms and Bamberg proceeded to designate Philip as imperial defender until Frederick came of age . |
9 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |
10 | The descent is never-ending — I am glad — until Tony comes towards me . |
11 | So , until EMI comes to its senses and restores it to the catalogue , the Nuova Era will have to stand as an adequate , if less than ideal stopgap . |